India -China stand off in Ladakh is in news these days . China has illegally occupied Aksai Chin as well as Saksgam valley gifted to china by Pakistan.
@narendramodi ji Has we ever told to China about historical facts in clear terms like Treaty of Chushul.
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@DrSJaishankar
@narendramodi ji Has we ever told to China about historical facts in clear terms like Treaty of Chushul.
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@DrSJaishankar
1.General Zorawar Singh captured Ladakh, Kargil, Suru Valley, Baltistan, Gilgit, Hunza and Yagistan principalities and included them in kingdom of Maharaja Gulab Singh in 1846.
In 1841, Zorawar Singh invaded western Tibet.
In 1841, Zorawar Singh invaded western Tibet.
2. General Zorawar and his men went on pilgrimage to Mansarovar and Mount Kailash. He had extended his communication and supply line over 450 miles of inhospitable terrain by building small forts and pickets along the way. The fort Chi-T’ang was built near Taklakot.
3. The Tibetans and their Chinese allies regrouped and advanced to give battle, bypassing the Dogra fort of Chi-T’ang. Zorawar and his men met them at the Battle of Toyo on December 12, 1841 in which General Zorawar got martyred.
4. Reinforcements came and repulsed Sino Army seige. The Tibetan fortifications at Drangtse were flooded when the Dogras dammed up the river. Chinese and Tibetans were chased to Chushul. The Battle of Chushul (1842) was won by the Dogras.
5. Treaty of Chushul was signed between the Jammu & Kashmir ruler and Tibet, and a person of the Manchu court
China later annexed Tibet but India instead of showing its resentment and protests silently agreed to China’s claims over Aksai Chin and other gifted to it by Pakistan
China later annexed Tibet but India instead of showing its resentment and protests silently agreed to China’s claims over Aksai Chin and other gifted to it by Pakistan
6. CoL is China-occupied Ladakh and this part of China accounts for nearly a fifth of the original Jammu & Kashmir state.
7. The geographic layout of this area is strategically so important that no power of the world wants to remain away from the area, as it gives them access to the sensitive areas of the neighbouring countries.
8. The Sinkiang (Xinjiang) and Tibetan plateaus constitute a wedge into the Himalayas and were considered by China to be very strategic. They wanted to grab those areas that allowed them to establish roads between Sinkiang and Tibet.
9. China needed an effective communication line with Sinkiang through Aksai Chin.
China is spending huge to build infrastructure connecting Tibet to Xinjiang through the Chinese-occupied Aksai Chin plateau, and Xinjiang to Pakistan via the Karakorum highway.
China is spending huge to build infrastructure connecting Tibet to Xinjiang through the Chinese-occupied Aksai Chin plateau, and Xinjiang to Pakistan via the Karakorum highway.
10. This highway then connects Gwadar port on the Arabian Sea, giving a warm water port and access to the Indian Ocean to China. Its importance can be seen in that China trade can avoid the bottleneck of the Malacca straits as also joins interior provinces of China to world
11. This is part of China's policy of String of Pearls in Indian ocean as well encirclement of India in South Asia to prove itself as major power of South Asia also. India need to counter it aggressively as world opinion is also against China now.
12. Ex Army General JJ Singh clearly reveals that then UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi tried to give Siachen glacier to Pakistan.
Pressurised by US-Pak lobby, she got PM Manmohan Singh to almost sign the deal.
It was the Indian army which stall the deal.
Pressurised by US-Pak lobby, she got PM Manmohan Singh to almost sign the deal.
It was the Indian army which stall the deal.
